Liam Hemsworth has kind of taken a backseat throughout the first two Hunger Games movies, but in the next two flicks from the popular young-adult adaptation, fans can see the hunky Hollywood star step up to the plate - and the poster is our first look at that.

Hemsworth, who reprises his role as Gale, wore protective black clothing while holding a military-style bow and arrow in his hands in one of the posters.

As franchise admirers await to see Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and her fellow Panem revolutionaries rally to take on the Capitol, the studio has opted to release a new series of posters featuring their 'Rebel Warriors'.

These posters depict the crew who join Katniss after she vows to lead the revolution as the Mockingjay, and include head honcho Gale (Hemsworth), Cressida (Natalie Dormer), Katniss' longtime friend and fellow Capitol-hater, Messalla (Evan Ross), Cressida's assistant, Boggs (Mahershala Ali), Katniss' bodyguard of sorts; and Castor (Wes Chatham) and brother Pollux (Elden Henson). - eonline.com

Kitty isn't a cat

Hello Kitty's maker, Sanrio, has let the 'cat out of the bag' - its famous product was not a cat but a girl.

The disclosure came after Christine Yano, an anthropologist at the University of Hawaii, said that she was corrected by Sanrio when she referred to Hello Kitty as a cat.

"Hello Kitty is not a cat. She's a cartoon character. She is a little girl. She is a friend. But she is not a cat. She's never depicted on all fours. She walks and sits like a two-legged creature. She does have a pet cat of her own, however, and it's called Charmmy Kitty," Yano said. - thestar.com.my

Brand in own biopic

Russell Brand is to star in his own documentary BRAND The Film. The comedian-actor granted a film company access to his personal life for the past five years, and now the footage is being turned into a feature film.

The documentary is currently in post-production and is due out next year and will focus on Brand's "spiritual and biographical" journey from comedian to film star and to his current status as a budding political activist.

His marriage and split with pop star Katy Perry is set to feature prominently. - tvnz.co.nz